Flying Squid lemmy.world10Hide 10 repliesMy daughter and I had fun talking about the bullshit the cop invited to talk to her health class had to say about drugs. Amazing the bullshit they try to push on kids.29Reply
Alto replykbin.social9Hide 9 repliesFriendly reminder that DARE (and almost certainly it's successors) was a proven failure. Turns out lying to kids and telling them that smoking pot is a terrible horrible dangerius thing makes them question what else isnt so bad.34Reply
Flying Squid replylemmy.world6Hide 6 repliesAnd they're still calling it dangerous and a "gateway drug."23Reply
Alto replykbin.socialYup. Kids are generally smarter than we give them credit for. They're pretty good at telling when they're being fed bullshit like that.13Reply
TTopShelfVanilla replysh.itjust.works4Hide 4 repliesThat's rich. Cigarettes are the gateway drug7Reply
AAngryCommieKender replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesMore people get a caffeine addiction than a nicotine addiction6Reply
TTopShelfVanilla replysh.itjust.works1Hide 1 replyBut caffeine isn't illicit at any age, so it isn't a gateway to other illicit drugs.6Reply
AAngryCommieKender replylemmy.worldIt is a drug, so it is a gateway to other drugs. Illicit doesn't matter to biology.3Reply
Takatakatakatakatak replylemmy.dbzer0.com1Hide 1 replyI remember sitting in one of these classes and thinking that LSD and Mushrooms sound fucking awesome. Turns out I was 100% correct.17Reply
bbighatchester replylemmy.worldI got so high on shrooms the other night and watched across the spider verse . 10/10 awesome6Reply
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My daughter and I had fun talking about the bullshit the cop invited to talk to her health class had to say about drugs. Amazing the bullshit they try to push on kids.
Friendly reminder that DARE (and almost certainly it's successors) was a proven failure.
Turns out lying to kids and telling them that smoking pot is a terrible horrible dangerius thing makes them question what else isnt so bad.
And they're still calling it dangerous and a "gateway drug."
Yup. Kids are generally smarter than we give them credit for. They're pretty good at telling when they're being fed bullshit like that.
That's rich. Cigarettes are the gateway drug
For me the gateway drug was Alcohol
More people get a caffeine addiction than a nicotine addiction
But caffeine isn't illicit at any age, so it isn't a gateway to other illicit drugs.
It is a drug, so it is a gateway to other drugs. Illicit doesn't matter to biology.
I remember sitting in one of these classes and thinking that LSD and Mushrooms sound fucking awesome.
Turns out I was 100% correct.
I got so high on shrooms the other night and watched across the spider verse . 10/10 awesome